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Roppongi, Akasaka & Around


British baker Stacey Ward has caused a sensation with her authentic marzipan Battenburg cake and Victoria sponges – so much so that fans queue for anything up to an hour to purchase these and other sweet treats at her Saturday bake sales. Check the website for exact dates and for details of baking classes also held here.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Roppongi, Akasaka & Around attractions

1. Tokyo Tower

0.25 MILES

Something of a shameless tourist trap, this 1958-vintage tower – painted bright orange and white in order to comply with international aviation safety…

2. Reiyukai Shakaden

0.28 MILES

Reiyukai is a spin-off Buddhism-based sect started in 1930 and this unmissable, monolithic building is its headquarters. The enormous stepped pyramid roof…

3. teamLab Borderless

0.33 MILES

Digital-art collective teamLab has created 60 artworks for this museum, open in 2018, that tests the border between art and the viewer: many are…

4. Zōjō-ji

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One of the most important temples of the Jōdō (Pure Land) sect of Buddhism, Zōjō-ji dates from 1393 and was the funerary temple of the Tokugawa regime. It…

5. Sangedatsumon

0.49 MILES

The impressive main gate of the temple Zōjō-ji was built in 1605. Its three sections are designed to symbolise the three stages one must pass through to…

6. Musée Tomo

0.65 MILES

One of Tokyo’s most elegant and tasteful museums is named after Kikuchi Tomo, whose collection of contemporary Japanese ceramics wowed them in Washington…

7. Piramide

0.66 MILES

This is really a small mall, but many of the tenants are art galleries, including: Ota Fine Arts (www.otafinearts.com), Wako Works of Art (www.wako-art.jp…

8. Mohri Garden

0.66 MILES

Mohri Garden is an Edo-style strolling garden, on the grounds of the Roppongi Hills mall, complete with meandering paths and a central pond. When…